The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 119] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1975/CHAITRA 8, 1897
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MINISTRY OF ENERGY (Department of Coal) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 29th March 1975
S.O. 159(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Coal Mines (Conservation and Development) Act, 1974 (28 of 1974) and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the late Ministry of Steel, Mines and Metals (Department of Mines and Metal) No. S.O. 3616 dated 10th October, 1968, the Central Government hereby fixes, with effect on and from the 1st day of April, 1975, the rates specified in column (2) of the Table annexed hereto as the rates at which the duty of excise referred to in the said section shall bo levied on coal and coke, of the description specified in column (1) of the said Table against each rates, namely:—
THE TABLE
Description of coal and coke
CD
(1) On all coal including coal and soft coke, but ex- cluding coking coal and hard coke
(ii) On all coking coal
(iii) On hard coke
Rate of excise duty per tonne of 1000 kilograms.
( 2)
Re. 1.65 P. (Rupee one and paise sixty five only).
Rs. 2.40 (Rupees two and paise forty only)- Rs. 3.60 (Rupees three and paise sixty only).
Note.—-1. The expression "tonne" shall have the meaning assigned to it in notification No. S.O. 290, dated the 30th January, 1959 of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
908 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART IT—SI O ,i(ii)lcoal as may be declared by Ihe Central Government as coal from which on carbonisation coke suitable for being used in metallurgical industries, particularly in iron and steel industries, can be prepared.
[No. 11021/2/74-CPC]
S. B. LAL, Jt. Secy.